Lorin Kerr: oral history interview on coal miners' respiratory diseases

Details

• Personal Author:
  Derickson A
• Description:
  D: In late 1957 and early 1958 you have a visitor named Jethro Gough. And he among other things is involved in a meeting that is put together in Pittsburgh in February of '58, that you were, you were there, Les Falk is there, a number of other people are there. And basically, Gough makes a presentation where he summarizes the whole history of pathology and epidemiology as it bears on coal workers' pneumoconiosis. K: I'd forgotten that one. D: Do you have any recollections of that? K: No D: No, well, I ran across Falk's minutes of that meeting, and they're just effusive. I mean, it's just like here's the great master presenting K: Oh, yeah, yeah. D: In the classic form his insights, that you don't have any recollection of that particular... How about just in general of Gough's trip here in '57? K: Well, he had two or three trips here, you know. This was just the beginning of his trips. Because he came back in '69 and testified before Congress. On the '69 legislation the union brought him over to testify, did a marvelous job. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Black Lung Disease Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Legislation Lung Disease Lung Disorders Mine Safety Respiratory Diseases Respiratory System Disorders
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-87
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048465
• Citation:
  Personal interview 1990 Sep; :1-87
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Lorin Kerr: oral history interview on coal miners' respiratory diseases
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:caf8abe31b5268ea740b22160354012d181574b945de2ebd2fc40f262fc136bd9fe261f019e8274c8e77a2bd4bdd88a1cb311449eab26495a7ff21cd9004ca28
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203214/cdc_203214_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 28.55 MB ]